Chapter 624 - 428: The Vanished Yan Yan Tribe
The Worm Witch was silent, his expression grave. The air in the house was so oppressive it was suffocating.
After a long moment, just as the Beastman was about to suffocate and pass out, the oppressive aura from the Worm Witch suddenly vanished.
The Beastman looked as if he had just crawled out of the water, his entire body drenched. The ground where he knelt was soaked dark with his sweat.
A tightness in his chest made him gasp for air. His heavy panting drew a glance from the Worm Witch, who sneered as if mocking the Beastman’s incompetence.
"They weren’t in the Polar Forest for long, and their numbers haven’t decreased at all. This means the people from the Super Tribe failed to get the four tribes of the Polar Forest under control.
So..."
The Worm Witch’s narrow eyes squinted, a sinister curve forming on his lips. "Take a few of our tribesmen and scout towards the Yan Yan Tribe. Don’t follow them too closely."
The Beastman asked, confused, "Lord Witch, if we don’t stay close, what if they aren’t heading for the Yan Yan Tribe?"
The terrain in the Red Flame Plain is complex; it would be easy to lose them.
The Worm Witch gave him a cold look. "If you didn’t bring your brain with you, then don’t try to think. Just do as I say. Now, get out."
The Beastman trembled, then quickly bowed and backed out of the room.
After a long moment, the Worm Witch’s thin lips parted. "Summon the Clan Leader."
As soon as the words left his mouth, the sound of retreating footsteps came from outside.
A moment later, the Scorpion Tribe Leader strode in, drenched in sweat. "Lord Witch, you sent for me?"
The Worm Witch was somewhat more polite toward the Clan Leader. "I have a very important task for you."
He then relayed the information the Beastman had gathered, along with his own speculations.
"If there truly is a conflict between the Super Tribe and the Yan Yan Tribe, then this is the Scorpion Tribe’s opportunity.
You will lead half of the tribe’s Beastman Warriors and set out. Don’t get too close at first. Gather clear intelligence before you make a move, and be absolutely sure to wait until the Super Tribe’s selection team has left before you act."
His gaunt fingers toyed with a Poisonous Insect in his hand. His voice was flat and emotionless, but his narrow eyes were filled with excitement.
The Scorpion Tribe Leader’s face was also alight with elation. "Lord Witch, you can leave this matter to me."
The Worm Witch nodded and waved his hand, dismissing him.
’Although this Clan Leader isn’t the brightest, his strength lies in his obedience. I can rest easy entrusting this task to him.’
「Two days later, at the Yan Yan Tribe.」
The Salt Witch finally understood the source of the bad feeling he’d had.
Staring at the ravaged tribal grounds, at the bodies of his people strewn across the entire settlement, the hand gripping his witch’s wand trembled uncontrollably.
"Why..."
His aged voice grew even hoarser, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the familiar troop of figures before him.
’Didn’t they just hold the selection trials in my tribe a short while ago?’
’The Beastman leader even coupled with our witch in a cave, and that Worm Witch seemed quite fond of her. Why has it come to this?’
"Where is the witch?"
Among the Beastman Warriors surrounding the Salt Witch, several were the Yan Yan Witch’s mates. After all the fighting, they still hadn’t seen their mate, which made them uneasy.
The Messenger Beastman Captain laughed in fury. "The witch? You have the nerve to bring her up.
That bitch deceived us! To get her own revenge, she led us into the Polar Forest and made us offend a powerful Super Tribe. We’ve already thrown her to the Fierce Beasts in the Polar Forest."
"A Super Tribe?"
Hearing this, the Salt Witch shrieked, "Impossible! The Polar Forest only has four Great Tribes! Where would a Super Tribe come from? You must have been deceived!"
The Healing Witch slowly stepped forward. "You should be aware of a Super Tribe’s power. The Huaxia Tribe has at least two Great Witches, and one of them is very young with overwhelming witch power. They are not someone we can afford to offend."
His gaze was indifferent. "Furthermore, the Huaxia Tribe is just like us—a hidden guardian of the Polar Forest. The tribes within the Polar Forest don’t know of our existence, just as you were unaware of the Huaxia Tribe.
You must understand that even if we were to spare you this time, once that Great Witch from the Huaxia Tribe returns and tells their people what happened, your Yan Yan Tribe would be annihilated all the same."
The witch’s wand in his hand began to glow with a soft witch power as he languidly lifted his eyelids. "Therefore, your Yan Yan Tribe cannot escape annihilation. This is our Kuma Tribe’s atonement to the Huaxia Tribe for trespassing in the Polar Forest."
Brilliant orbs of witch power enveloped all the Beastmen from the Super Tribe. Their minor wounds and fatigue vanished at a rate visible to the naked eye.